Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I went to school to learn how to program software applications, which inevitably have bug defects. There was no course at my university on testing, debugging, profiling, or optimization. These things you have to learn on your own, usually in a tight deadline.
Juixe TechKnow
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
Fast, Cheap, Reliable: Pick any two.
Anonymous
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
Alan Kay
Development has two outputs... Code & Bugs
Anonymous
If you require information, do not free memory containing the information.
MSDN
The debate rages on: is PL/I Bachtrian or Dromedary?
Alan J. Perlis
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
Alan J. Perlis